FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX.
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How to use Public IP in case of Two ISP which difers from each other Pfsense [closed]
Please bare with my long explanation but this is important to explain the actual problem. Please also pardon my knowledge with PFsense as i am new to
this.
I have single PFSense box with 3 Ethernet ...
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FreeBSD USB devices - given /dev/da* device is on which speed?
I use machine with USB 2 and USB 3 ports, and I have USB 3 external disk which works perfectly in term of speed (I use it as backup drive so during the night new files are nicely transfered to this ...
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How to mount FreeBSD 9.0 iso file writable mode?
I want to edit bsdinstall script of freebsd 9.0 iso file.
I tried to extract files,edit and recreate iso but I couldn't boot it.I realized that some of files missed while extracting. I also use ...
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Enabling bwn in FreeBSD
I am trying to load the bwn driver as a module as mentioned in the man page.
However, when I attempted to edit /boot/defaults/loader.conf I could not write the changes to the file, this was attempted ...
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Sharing folder from Windows Host to Freebsd Guest
First of all, let me say that though I use Linux (Red Hat, at work) regularly, I am a complete beginner when it comes to actually administrating it.
What I am trying to accomplish:
I have (at home) ...
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How to completely hide stuff from a user?
I want to let some of my friends access my computer by making them user accounts. They will mostly access my computer by sftp and ssh, but they could also sometimes access it at my home. However I ...
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OpenSSH, chroot user: Root needs to own the user directory, is there any consequence?
I want to create an account for my friend on my computer, but I don't want my friend to be able to view all my files. I saw that with OpenSSH, there is an option for that.
Inside the SSHD ...
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Media server RAID difficulties (on FreeNAS)
Disclaimer: I've never used FreeNAS or any type of RAID before, so this is a first.
I've decided to build a media server in my new apartment. I'm going to be going with a total 10TB of space (6x2TB ...
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FreeBSD on ARM architecture?
Can FreeBSD be used for ARM architecture devices? Also, is there a camera driver for FreeBSD?
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installed teamspeak 3 on freebsd using portinstall but can't connect
I installed teamspeak 3 on freebsd 7 using portinstall.
When i do service teamspeak status i see teamspeak is running
but somehow I cannot connect to the server.
did I miss something? I followed ...
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stderr redirection not working in csh
I run the following command:
pkg_add emacs-23.4,2.tbz 2> output.log
The output still displays in the terminal. When I press ↑, I get
pkg_add emacs-23.4,2.tbz 2 > output.log
with a space ...
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what is inode for, in FreeBSD or Solaris
I know a little about linux kernel. BUt for Freebsd, the "vnode" actually is similar to the "inode" in Linux kernel.
And there is a "inode" concept in FreeBSD or Solaris.
So my question is: what is ...
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Manually setting environment variables for Metasploit
How do I set manually environment variables for metasploit, when I execute db_driver I get this message:
[*] No Active Driver
[*] Available:
[*] DB Support: Enable the postgresql driver ...
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FreeBSD source and how to build
A few questions about FreeBSD
Where/how should I obtain the source code (ex. through terminal, Download off website)
How (on ubuntu) should I build it?
Before I build it can I customize it (in other ...
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Recompile Apache22 with threading seamlessly?
I just found out today that our apache installation was installed without threading support (we need this for mod_wsgi).
Will the following in the apache22 ports folder reinstall our apache with ...
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Java on FreeBSD
Is it possible to get the latest Java (Java 7u3 or Java 6u31) on FreeBSD? Everything i found on the internet is outdated. I currently have 6u24 from the packagemanager which works for now but may get ...
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Best practice when installing programs in FreeBSD?
Just started with FreeBSD and I am not sure whether I need to be root to install programs or not? For example, the manual for installing X11 never says that we should issue su command.
However - it ...
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Which shell should I learn for FreeBSD and Debian?
I have read many articles that say the official shell in FreeBSD is tcsh, and in Debian, its dash. However, when I either echo $shell (FreeBSD) or env in Debian, it says that the shell is csh in the ...
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How to set up FreeBSD for my region?
im currently installing FreeBSD. Im at the "Time Zone Selector" screen. I don't know what should i choose. Normally, since i live in Quebec (Canada), i choose Eastern time GMT -5, but there is no such ...
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VirtualBox Hangs when installing freebsd 9.0
When installing Freebsd 9.0 as virtualbox guest, it hangs. Freezes the guest OS, other VirtualBox windows works fine.
Logs attached, hardware is pentium D, 4 GB ram, Asus p5ld2 deluxe mainboard, OS - ...
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Installing new Operating System such as FreeBSD with PXE boot?
I am no expert on this issue, I am maybe even using the wrong technical term. Anyway, my goal is this: to install a new OS from a server that has the installation documents etc so some settings in ...
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error when i try to reboot freebsd on a virtual machine - vmware
this morning i start this topic with a problem in my virtual machine what i install and configureted in my laptop. Is a freebsd .iso version 8.2. Right now i want to reboot the system and is ...
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switching from user to root and revers (freebsd)
i want to make some modificaciones with root and then with my user, in fact i want to install sudo and he give me the error in the first step:
cd /usr/ports/security/sudo
make install clean
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How do I setup two or more IPv6 address on one NIC in FreeBSD?
How i can assign two or more IPv6 address on one NIC. I tried Google but no luck. I've done it with ipv4 but ipv6 can not .
Thanks in advance!
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Error when I want to create a user on FreeBSD
I'm trying to run FreeBSD (.iso) in a virtual VMWare machine. The useradd command gives me an error:
# useradd pstnc
useradd: Command not found
Why is that? The command is correct and very simple, ...
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how to get out from the command iostat on unix?
I was installing a .iso 8,2 version in a vmware to learn unix., and i am stuck with iostat command, i run iostat 3 and is keep going to show me the results, but whem i put exit or q or q! to exit, he ...
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Hamachi for Web Surfing
I recently installed Hamachi on my FreeBSD 9 and I want to know how can I browse web anonymously by this software?
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Can I use divert as an alternative to ipfw fwd?
I would like to lead some traffic through a transparent proxy (which actually is on another server and connected with an ssh tunnel).
Normally I could do this:
ipfw add forward localhost,8080 tcp ...
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user disappeared during update error
I did a upgrade to FreeBSD 9 a few weeks ago and just started using it, and when I try and create a new user, I get the follow:
pw: user 'todd' disappeared during update
adduser: ERROR: There was an ...
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Which virtual terminal is a given X process running on?
When X starts, it searches for the lowest unused VT, and attaches to it. My problem is that when there are several running X processes, I need to be able to identify which one is the currently active ...
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Verbose shutdown messages
I am using BSD at the moment and think I have an X compatibility problem where my computer doesn't shut down. It can cause problems because I have to turn off the power manually while there is no ...
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Installing FreeBSD without removable media from CentOS 6
I've been tasked with installing FreeBSD 8 alongside CentOS 6, without the luxury of removable media. CentOS 6 is already on the machine, and running quite nicely. However, I cannot figure out how to ...
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How Solaris sub-partitions can be accessed in FreeBSD?
First of all, Linux detects it okay:
sdg1: <solaris: [s0] sdg5 [s1] sdg6 [s2] sdg7 [s8] sdg8 >
But FreeBSD 9.0 does show only main partition. Possibly only Solaris labels for sparc64 is ...
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ls to show only directory/filename and size
First of all, this is not a duplicate of this: Linux ls to show only filename date and size
Because I want to print actual directory name additionally.
I was always using this command:
ls -l | awk ...
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FreeBSD 9.0 with GNOME 3
Is this possible , to install GNOME 3 on FreeBSD , at the moment ? I did not find a clear answer about this.
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Extract files from FreeBSD 9 ISO
With FreeBSD 8 you could manually install by doing something like:
# mdconfig -f /FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
# mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /cdrom
# cd /cdrom/8.*
# export DESTDIR=/mnt
# cd ...
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FreeBSD + ZFS + Encryption ? Alternatives ? Suggestions?
I would like to create a dedicated physical server which will work as a NAS & fileserver inside my LAN (as well as through VPN).
However I need to fully encrypt the drives (both the system ones ...
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pfsense long ping to google
I have a pfsense box set up. What happens is I set a rule so I can't hit the admin interface 192.168.3.1 from the box.
With the rule enabled
--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets ...
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National characters in manpages
I am trying to get a proper display of national characters with FreeBSD man.
I have tried running the following on 8.1 and 9.0:
# PAGER=less LANG="pl_PL.UTF-8" man -d -M. ./man.1
-- Using ...
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Can I use pxelinux to boot from an ISOs over the network?
I have a server which hosts mirrors for FreeBSD, CentOS and Scientific Linux. It includes .iso files.
Is it possible to use pxelinux to boot this ISO over the network? Must I use gPXE or iPXE ...
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Extract files from FreeBSD ISOs - how to know locations?
How can I extract some of the folders of a stock FreeBSD install from the ISO without actually installing FreeBSD?
I am trying to build a number of cross-compilers for various major versions of ...
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FreeBSD is not Unix. But its Unix-Like Unix. Where is then the main Unix to read the source code?
I want to really understand System V, the main origin of Unix (not Unix-like nor modified Unix to Linux). The main origin which is very confusing and not really with care its written somewhere.
Is it ...
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Too many open files in system in FreeBSD 9
I just installed FreeBSD 9 version with GNOME interface. Each time I want to open a folder from root a message box pops up and warns me with this message: Too many open files in system. What is the ...
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FreeBSD zfs timeout errors
I have FreeBSD 8.2 with ZFS v28. 8 cpu core, 16Gb ram.
Two disk drives (1.5Tb WD Green) on zfs mirror raid.
My system strangely uses memory.
With alot of free (wired) memory it start to use swap and ...
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How do I cp the folder, not just the folder content?
Let's say I have folder structure like this:
/parentFolder/
folder1/
folder1.1/
file1
folder2/
file2
How do I copy folder2 inside folder1.1 so that file2 is also in
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FreeBSD zfs create gpt
How can i create gpt marks on working system.
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
zroot ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
ad4p3 ONLINE ...
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FreeBSD 9 Sound Driver
I installed FreeBSD 9. I'm trying to make a sound to work but no luck.
My Sound Card: Realtek ALC898
Can someone help me how to make it to work (I'm creating custom kernel)?
Base on FreeBSD ...
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Do BSD and SunOS have multithreaded architectures?
I'm interested in operating systems that have a multithreading architecture, like Mach and BeOS; not ones that depend on libraries like POSIX to be multithreading. Do BSD and SunOS have a ...
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FreeBSD 9 and Windows 7 Dual Boot
I have two hard drives installed on my machine. I installed Windows 7 on one hard drive and FreeBSD 9 on the other. I used GPT for FreeBSD. My question is: how can I install a boot manager so that I ...
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FreeNAS versus a regular (CentOS/Ubuntu) linux server?
I'm looking to build a medium sized (6TB, mini ITX board) server for personal use. Most importantly, it will serve as a seedbox and will store a whole lot of data. I will be accessing the data over my ...
